Royal Parks Half 2011

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SharonD Feb 2011 6:42pm, 16 Feb 2011 2,569 posts	0 SharonD Ballot this year - great, or it would be if you were not guaranteed to spend £45 trying to get one of the mere 250 ballot places, you pay on entry and if you are lucky get a place in a very nice race, if you are unlucky you get entered into a second drawer, a London Marathon 2012 draw and a hoodie as a boobie prize but can relax knowing that you have donated £45 to the Royal Parks Foundation - lovely way of guaranteeing fundraising for the parks but I'm not convinced it's a good idea
becca7 Feb 2011 3:15pm, 19 Feb 2011 2,663 posts	0 becca7 Wow, good job for them it is a popular race so folks won't mind paying £45 but it seems a rather complicated entry system. A lot of races seem now to be charging in the region of £45 for a half marathon. I hope that they don't all go that way.
John66 Mar 2011 10:10am, 2 Mar 2011 19,126 posts	0 John66 Today is the deadline for entering this - we then find out on Friday if we've been successful or not.
Footpad Mar 2011 10:13am, 2 Mar 2011 4,701 posts	0 Footpad I put down that I would pay if successful in the ballot.... there are only 250 places!!
djfunkyem Mar 2011 10:03am, 4 Mar 2011 First-time poster!!	0 djfunkyem Where did you find out only 250 places? If I had known that I would never have paid up front. Very cheeky way of getting tons of money.
Stumpy Mar 2011 10:15am, 4 Mar 2011 12,172 posts	0 Stumpy crosses off the list of potential races am sure it's a lovely race but, what a faff. and how funny to assume that everyone would want to go into a ballot for London 2012. just that assumption alone puts me off. VLM gets away with the whole hoodie as a boobie prize thing, but I don't think the Royal Parks half yet has that status or mass appeal.
CrazyLegs Mar 2011 10:39am, 4 Mar 2011 5,105 posts	0 CrazyLegs Are there really only 250 places!?? I'm really pleased I didn't pay up front if that is the case!
Joopsy Mar 2011 11:03am, 4 Mar 2011 5,276 posts	0 Joopsy VLM has never got anything off me in return for a piece of oversized tat. I never bequeath and seem to have the same luck/bad luck as everyone else. £45 is a ludicrous amount to pay for a half in my opinion but if it fills up they are hardly going to change their policy are they?
Stumpy Mar 2011 11:05am, 4 Mar 2011 12,174 posts	0 Stumpy can't see on the site where it says only 250 places. the race itself has 12.5k places. there are still charity places available (of course).
CrazyLegs Mar 2011 11:09am, 4 Mar 2011 5,106 posts	0 CrazyLegs I had a look and couldn't see where it says only 250 places.